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August 13, 2014

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Photograph by Jeremy Allen

If you've been searching for a city bike with a killer frame that's under a grand (and doesn't remind you of a precious picnic cruiser), your wait is over: Tokyobike, already a favorite of cyclists in London, Tokyo, and Sydney, hit U.S. streets in May and come October, you'll find a special edition ride for sale at ACE Hotels. The man behind Tokyobike's trip to the U.S. is Dean Di Simone, a creative designer and investor in the online auction house Paddle 8, whose Soho loft could make a set designer swoon. Informed by his degrees in engineering and architecture, and by rows of passport stamps, he spent a little over a year completely renovating the apartment with a little help from friends in the design world. Before you get intimidated, though, he lets loose, "It's a little embarrassing, but I bought the television first. One of my best friends was staying with me and it was during the World Cup. We spent a month watching soccer and playing FIFA.” Now a newlywed (his wife, Juliana Rudell Di Simone, a model and design hound herself, works the floor with him at the Tokyobike pop-up in New York), his custom bachelor pad is slowly changing to accommodate them both—and their bikes. —Jessica Glavin

Tokyobike, already a favorite of cyclists in London, Tokyo, and Sydney, hit U.S. streets in May and come October, you'll find a special edition ride for sale at ACE Hotels. The man behind Tokyobike's trip to the U.S. is Dean Di Simone, a creative designer and investor in the online auction house Paddle 8, whose Soho loft could make a set designer swoon. Informed by his degrees in engineering and architecture, and by rows of passport stamps, he spent a little over a year completely renovating the apartment with a little help from friends in the design world. Before you get intimidated, though, he lets loose, "It's a little embarrassing, but I bought the television first. One of my best friends was staying with me and it was during the World Cup. We spent a month watching soccer and playing FIFA.” Now a newlywed (his wife, Juliana Rudell Di Simone, a model and design hound herself, works the floor with him at the Tokyobike pop-up in New York), his custom bachelor pad is slowly changing to accommodate them both—and their bikes. —Jessica Glavin" />
Photograph by Jeremy Allen

Photograph by Jeremy Allen

Photograph by Jeremy Allen

BDDW version."" />
Photograph by Jeremy Allen

Flos. It was brought to market in 1958 and it hasn't changed since. I've always been a fan of mid-century European designers and this was created by Gino Sarfatti, a pioneer in lighting at the time."" />
Photograph by Jeremy Allen

BBDW, like the credenza. I like that their furniture is relatively modern but has an authentic craft to it. Much of the lighting is Tom Dixon."" />

Montauk Sofa, a shop in the neighborhood."" />
Photograph by Jeremy Allen

Sit & Read." />
Photograph by Jeremy Allen

Kyle Garner from Sit & Read [a creative agency that specializes in interior design and furniture]. He helped me get furniture for the apartment. The loft was large enough that I wanted to find a way to use one single object that could be read from multiple vantage points—and a vintage double-sided clock was something that I always wanted. The particular clock was designed and produced in mass in the '50s and used in schools and train stations."" />
Photograph by Jeremy Allen

Magda Biernat. She cut her teeth in architectural photography, but is quickly being recognized as a fine artist. I was drawn to these pieces because they show how color can bring life and personality to an otherwise banal content—the photo on top is of a mailbox bank within an apartment complex and the photograph below is of a public bus station waiting area. Both were shot in Asia."" />
Photograph by Jeremy Allen

Photograph by Jeremy Allen

Photograph by Jeremy Allen

Paddle 8. It's an online art auction house and this piece ('Brandon (4 Maps)') was the first piece of art that we ever processed through the online auction function. The artist, Ben Durham, grew up in a really bad neighborhood in Lexington, Kentucky and went to school with a bunch of kids who are now incarcerated. He took all of their mug shots and in the outline of these mug shots, he recreated what the streets were like that they all grew up on. It's sort of an emotional street map that he builds for each of them out of handmade paper. I thought it was a beautiful commemoration to his childhood and his friends who took really different paths."" />
Photograph by Jeremy Allen

Photograph by Jeremy Allen

Photograph by Jeremy Allen

Photograph by Jeremy Allen

Photograph by Jeremy Allen

Henry Built, the same team that we worked with on the kitchen build. The intention was to minimize the number of walls in the bedroom and use furniture and objects to help define it instead."" />
Photograph by Jeremy Allen

Juliana: "I particularly love the fragrance in all of their products—they feel more masculine to me and I like that. I started using them when we began dating and I love how the smells remind me of Dean whenever I'm away."" />
Photograph by Jeremy Allen

If you've been searching for a city bike with a killer frame that's under a grand (and doesn't remind you of a precious picnic cruiser), your wait is over: <a href="http://www.tokyobikenyc.com/"><b>Tokyobike</b></a>, already a favorite of cyclists in London, Tokyo, and Sydney, hit U.S. streets in May and come October, you'll find a special edition ride for sale at ACE Hotels. The man behind Tokyobike's trip to the U.S. is Dean Di Simone, a creative designer and investor in the online auction house <a href="http://paddle8.com/"><b>Paddle 8</b></a>, whose Soho loft could make a set designer swoon. Informed by his degrees in engineering and architecture, and by rows of passport stamps, he spent a little over a year completely renovating the apartment with a little help from friends in the design world. Before you get intimidated, though, he lets loose, "It's a little embarrassing, but I bought the television first. One of my best friends was staying with me and it was during the World Cup. We spent a month watching soccer and playing FIFA.” Now a newlywed (his wife, Juliana Rudell Di Simone, a model and design hound herself, works the floor with him at the Tokyobike pop-up in New York), his custom bachelor pad is slowly changing to accommodate them both&mdash;and their bikes. &mdash;Jessica Glavin